Drywall is a truly universal material, with which you can create a variety of construction compositions. Most often, plasterboard is used to create walls that have a special shape and attractive appearance. At the same time with the help of this material you can create shelves and various niches. In this case, you can save a lot of space, as well as replace the plasterboard with large furniture. To build niches from gypsum cardboard with their own hands is quite simple. It is only necessary to know about certain features, as well as the difficulties without which no construction process passes.
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Features and key advantages of
drywall niche Features and key advantages of
gypsum board recesses The gypsum board recesses are primarily a decorative element of a dwelling. When strengthening the structure, you can freely use them as a sideboard or small shelves. Often shelves of plasterboard are created for placing on them television equipment.
As already mentioned, niches from gypsum board can easily replace furniture. The problem is that cabinets and shelves that can be found in stores do not always correspond to the necessary dimensions. Gypsum board niches are created on the basis of the dimensions that we need. This allows you to significantly save space and without that small apartments.
Most often people prefer to create decorative niches from plasterboard. They can have an original shape, but under the influence of loads can and break.
Such construction work will not take a very long time, nor will they force you to spend a lot of money, as it would be when buying furniture.
The beginning of the construction of the gypsum board niche begins with the creation of a framework of metal profiles.
Selection of materials and tools
The process of creating niches will require all the same materials and tools that are used for any work related to gypsum board material. Among them:
- several sheets of plasterboard;
- perforator with a full set of drills;
- construction knife for cutting gypsum board;
- metal profiles;
- hacksaw for metal;
- electric screwdriver;
- several types of screws and plastic dowels;
- spatula with toothed surface;
- adhesive composition for hypokarton;
- primer;
- construction mixer;
- building level;
- painting roller;
- gypsum finishing putty;
- measuring tape;
- tape( serpent);
- paint;
- pencil;
- paint brush.
The process of creating a niche from drywall
At the very beginning of the construction process, you need to determine the depth of the niche and what it is needed for. If the design we need to install the LED-TV, it will take just a few centimeters of depth. Just in case, you can significantly increase the thickness. In this case, you can place a video player or other equipment behind the TV.In any case, the depth of the niche should be at least 5 cm more than the thickness of the TV.In this situation, the equipment can not be touched by passing by. Accordingly, the TV will not fall to the floor.
Further marking of the future metal structure. This will allow you to assess how the room will look after repairs. Also, markup is useful during the main part of the process.
With gypsum cardboard you can create niches of a wide variety of shapes. To do this, you need to purchase special metal profiles, with which you can create curved surfaces. In addition, in this case, you need to moisten the drywall, which will allow it to bend it to the desired shape.
The metal frame is attached to the wall using dowels. Preliminary will need to be done in the wall of the hole. For this, a punch is useful. It is necessary to check several times and make sure that the construction is really secure. Even without considering the items that will be placed on the structure, the frame must withstand the heavy weight of the drywall. To control the smoothness of vertical and horizontal lines, the building level is used.
Now comes the main part of the process, during which the niche is finished with plasterboard. First, you need to cut out pieces of drywall to the dimensions of the niche. You can attach the material to the wall using glue, which you need to pre-cook. It is best to use the ready-made mixtures that are sold in any construction shop. In some cases, you can use building "bugs", which are small cogs. It is important to note that before the process of finishing on the sheets of drywall you need to make holes for the sockets.
The walls of the structure should have a decent thickness. Especially this applies to the bottom of the niche, on which, for example, the TV will be located. To improve reliability it is best to use two layers of plasterboard.
After finishing the creation of the skin, you need to get rid of the curves of joints between the sheets of material. For this you need to use the putty. In addition, this procedure should be carried out and in the places where the fastening elements are placed, since they should not be visible. In order to get rid of minor flaws and polish the surface of the structure, you can use sandpaper.
End of the process of creating a niche from drywall
At the very end of the process, you will need to paint the structure. If the niche is located in the bedroom, then it is better to use dark paint colors.
Only after all the above steps can you start the installation of electrical equipment. The construction of plasterboard allows you to place the wires under the building material. Accordingly, all wiring can be hidden from the eyes of the tenants.
In addition, in some cases, various luminaires can be installed in the recesses. In the dark, this creates a beautiful atmosphere and excellent appearance of the room. The design and appearance of this element of the home depends only on your imagination.
